Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak has against urged Malaysians to scrutinise several bank documents concerning his receipt of RM2.6 billion ringgit in 2011 and 2013.

This comes after a news report citing Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah claiming that his Saudi counterpart Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir had affirmed that the money didn’t come from the Saudi government.

In a Facebook post late this evening, Najib pointed out that Adel had stated otherwise on two occasions.

Najib also pointed to a Facebook post he made on Sept 13, where he shared several documents which he claimed proves that the funds came from the Saudi government’s finance ministry and Saudi princes.

“Nearly all the money was returned to the source four months after receipt. I have been charged for receiving the money and charged for returning it,” he said.


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Among the documents shown by Najib was a letter dated Feb 1, 2011, bearing the letterhead of the private office of Prince "Saud Abdulaziz Majid Al Saud”, but the signature of Prince “Saud Abdulaziz Al-Saud".

This letter said the author pledges US$100 million for Najib to use as he sees fit in recognition of his contributions to the Islamic world, such as by reintroducing Islamic values to the rest of the world and launching the Global Movement of Moderates.

The other four documents posted by Najib are Swift messages detailing transactions to his AmPrivate banking account. Two documents named

“Prince Faisal bin Turkey bin Bandar Alsaud” as the remitter of the funds.

As Malaysiakini pointed out in September, it is not clear which member of the Saudi royal family “Prince Faisal” is because the name does not exactly match the name of any person who can immediately be identified as a member of the Saudi royal family.

Another two documents named the Saudi government’s finance ministry as the source of the funds.

While Najib has repeatedly asserted that the RM2.6 billion was a genuine donation from the Saudis, Malaysian prosecutors said the money trail ultimately points to 1MDB.

In September, Najib was slapped with 25 charges which claimed that the RM2.6 billion entered his accounts through Tanore Finance Corporation, which the US Department of Justice claims is owned by a proxy to Jho Low.